Life expectancy at birth:total population:
69.74 years
male:
66.14 years
female:
73.52 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.38 children born/woman (2000 est.)

Nationality:noun:
Salvadoran(s)
adjective:
Salvadoran

Ethnic groups:
mestizo 90%, Amerindian 1%, white 9%

Religions:
Roman Catholic 86%
note:
there is extensive activity by Protestant groups throughout the country; by the end of 1992, there were an estimated 1 million Protestant evangelicals in El Salvador

Languages:
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)

Literacy:definition:
age 10 and over can read and write
total population:
71.5%
male:
73.5%
female:
69.8% (1995 est.)